New-York tribune., 1887-12-13
THE GRANTS TO MITKIEVICZ.
HE ASSERTS THEY ARE STILL VALID.


THr APPLICATION FOR TIE TELEPHONE CoNcEs-
SION AND THE vICrRoY's DECREE IN FULL.
Count Mitkewicz is still cen deck" To reporter last
night he made emphatic declaration that conces-
sions granted "a hln by the Chinese had
not Osen revoked. and subsantiated It by what
to be undeniahle proof He in his room
in the st James Hotel when tho reporter
called him aud with him was a representative Of the
Chinese consulate Count Mitkiewcz said TO the report
er: Some newspapers have talked about the death OF
iay undertakings They far from dead. There
tvs CONCESSIONS granted us The first tele-
phone concession which the principal oh
ject Of our expedition. The second on" was
the banking concession absnt which much
has been said aud which has attracted
so much opposition Even thoss who havo asserted that
the banking Coxcssson revoked have uu ;ormly ad
mted that the telephone concession ali right They
have however sought depreclalo 1t vsrious
The banking concession has beon in general terms pub
h5h al before The terms viii he published shortly
| will give YOU the telephone csnccsson now-tho
propositions for which subaitted by the agents OF
the Philadelphia syndcac 70 the Premier Of Cain, and
the decree in which they accepted The Chinese
merchants be by the decree have alt eady
subscribed onesxtn OF tho capital stock. namely
! Si,oOOOOO. 1t is nonsense TO talk about the re
vcking of either concession. as any man who
knows Chinese awzivng customs knows. II the Chinese
ONCE pass Jaw 1t isaways sacred. And II
sion was revotel. why not the oherl But neither h"s
been reveled and neither now could he revoked
The Count borne IL all he saf by the ch'ncse
Official pressat VINO alss al led IAN that has been
published about the concessions being revoked is per
foctly false"
TIE APPLICATION FOR THE CONCESSION
The Count then hasded reporter the following doc
! unent:
To MS Rglnsss the Vi,'roy H. Premier Of CHINA. &C..
NAY IT PIz>sE YorE HlcHT.s; We now submit to the
o.. ~ .shns' l ,e 10 . Ir pr b,nc
e med .
o. Amera. wno ater c,rcu' ref cton ma recommenied
Frs'A concession from the Government Of China invov
u.e and Speiate tepnop ,n.runenis all wires ami
otler oevccs ud appi pfoprIig or neis'sf5 "pinf
port. here i;cI De cncd nv the an'r
years. sai term %" tY yc II, to bog pom granting
<Sad The cc,Se..ion be granted to Wharton goTssr
Of Ph;l@felpha Penn ani lssne le ~ ,aio"'VI OF e"
and location sail telephone Ines to
Fourh Tho .rantecs Of 4' supply all money
nee ss~fyST 's % iint "a, tho rec. ,encc n
M Of sa, lreS ~hnn neoes. arv al fixed Nv Tho
aa tiSveume1 to cover al teAS tie actual
coz % Ia t<,ntee to said Government arordug pro'ec-
tou 10 syes aud property OF shA grantees IN treaty
for Of ~ men and ,ry m;tra nd
rg,{is,n,,S"S ,"e fnoiTe % 5ie Of Cnna - ~
"5n "5gRh" be- sraSisss bind themselves form CON;
p coDpsEy to 6e not slA million dollars cur.
iSs sts-Ine GtHee purchase desired
ctua si operations with the grantees and their
sat-1hev bind ,hen'eve to have ,he snp-ror Of
] ]n.t, "Im r p.e Cne.e viii tic md tnat
fe ocais. man ger and cor tfolcr 70
and fhev inc'rr them--lves 10 AVE Ch'ne'" assist
wilhn AMI ~ year, r m n. date
viii ir.t, ofthe mpire and as ar
/ - ur,. ca1e WITH chinese 'ahor
| We have The honor 10 be your oOel ient s"rv1n's
MhsrioT sg,,oT ,tAp1EY erEY
Elok>E pE MIrKlEwIoz
zG rff ' 5eeree 81 His oancs Ii HUNG
1tg cnAIG "'
The peI,op presented has read and unierstan
that at re.ent telephones been csia1'h"d IN N"rth
and souih America for purpose OF trsnittn ng sounds
Cvo,ce, to the Of several thousand OF ls Su
,eeuhone commrnic most rapid ana c"nT'"h NJ
CDinese merchants Go most oohStegAc ~ III"
ports o. { CAlna. selected III TIE
different treaty ports for the --taO 'shment "' 'e''
pbnnes FOR the purpose o transmitting V'c'' oHJ' II
Srry wbsrio barker ami Eugoue N. Mr<ewic1 pro
poe ra,es c~ta ccmro'rn o .os.,.i =" b. eftnied
for ihe purpose establishing Telephone. ~ te
necessary tpnone' the srecn and az ,s S'c9a q.
such t1cphores being under thc supervision "' 'h'
pFCgs;s;s DO ,as %s' cin,s cc,eTpm-
an $40 gsrchan., al also al ,h4rs to
rhme.c they wiling t. give 10 '"e O'
F"r S .c3 hercydO rant connection 6y who
thew eernted to r,s csp srs "." TO ~ 81
-rveral hunared. Of doll - teervn, tne ts & "i , -,
s,h c,m and have air ahy & ",'tsu r grsns
To- Sr bePa,s VITA e MtScTe TIER Freeing aa1 re.
Praf i to on S ,,,ora ~ 'Gr"is fn. o. or ' etd n1e
,i.pi ." tns T" yong coast Dccnces the super nenc.
en Of the ad the senior i@,o q c ~, sr sna 1hc
Veeroy CHINA Earl of the Frst hogrer u,,,c cn,yc
Tb.,sa true TRANSLATION OF vcerOys conscs;;YGa
NOT REsPOSsIBLE FOR MtrKIEWIH
ru.nyLpu, Dec II (Specill.--In refcrcace TO the
reported interview with Cou.t Nj ke Nirh'n reeresc' to
anti mr. a. =